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Seems like a set of ~8 or something core contributors working on this open source project. You talk about it like it's a professional product. Ubuntu 16.04 is s

Seems like a set of ~8 or something core contributors working on this open source project. You talk about it like it's a professional product. Ubuntu 16.04 is still everywhere and I'm sure they have their reasons for not having time to deploy on multiple platforms / architectures / beta lines in order to test changes. I think you best shot at fixing this problem that has "no good excuse" and using it would be "idiotic" would be to contribute yourself. The least you can do is open a thoughtful issue asking the same things you asked here, but in a way better tone. Even better would be to contribute code but eh, Java. Edit: another comment in this thread: "That readme is 17months old. and the reference to 16.04 is atleast 3 years old. So it may just not have been properly updated." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22611533 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22611533

0az 7y ago
The README mentions a BigBlueButton , Inc. Haven't really looked into it though.
mekster 7y ago
"If you don't like it, fix it yourself" approach doesn't really work for many just because it's open source. Why does an open source project has to be mutually exclusive to being a professional product? If the recommended distro is from 4 years ago, people will feel if it's being abandoned and just go look elsewhere.
- capableweb 7y ago
  > Why does an open source project has to be mutually exclusive to being a professional product? It doesn't, there are plenty of open source professional products. This doesn't seem to be one of them though, as I would expect a company with for-profit motives behind it if that's the case. This seems to be a project that is merely supported by a company to support the development, which is also fine.